Board members met for a public hearing in a special meeting Monday and then approved the budget, which calls for a mill levy that will be just a bit lower than the district’s 2017-18 rate and about the same rate as 2016-17.

The school board approved the budget at a special meeting Monday night.

For 2018-19, the proposed rate is 60.418 mills. The 2017-18 rate was 60.456 and 2016-17 was 60.415.

In 2015-16, the mill levy was 60.402.

The 2018-19 general operating budget is set at $12,208,865. That’s up from 2017-18’s $11,542,230.

In 2016-17, the district had new facilities weighting with the new elementary school.

The operating budget was 12,628,653 and $14,801,840 in 2015-16, which also had new facilities weighting.

The 2017-18 school year was the first without the new facilities weighting for the district.

New Positions for THS team leads were approved. Those new leads are John Tollefson, science; Cathy Cox, math; Jean Willson, English; Pam Arevalo, electives; and Jodie Smith, CTE.

Tailgate party to serve as meet-and-greet

A meet-and-greet with new Tonganoxie USD 464 Superintendent Loren Feldkamp and other members of the district’s administrative team will take place Friday as a part of a tailgate celebration before the Tonganoxie High football Red-White Scrimmage.

The event, which will feature door prizes and free food for the first 300 guests, will be 6-7 p.m. Friday near Beatty Field. Tonganoxie City firefighters will be serving the meal.

Members of the Tonganoxie High School Marching Band and the band’s drumline also are scheduled to perform